professional quadro cards vs. regular gaming cards

[Anonymous]

does archicad support professional graphic cards (like fireGL or quadro)?
if yes, does it have any advantage over regular gaming card with the same chip?
http://geizhals.at/589544
vs.
http://geizhals.at/554793

thank you.

[Katalin Takacs]

Here you can find the list of the supported video cards for ArchiCAD 15: http://archicadwiki.com/VideoCardsForArchiCAD15

[Anonymous]

according to this list there is no need for a professional card.
gaming cards are much cheaper and equally efficient.

[Anonymous]

From what I've seen the high end cards don't deliver much of a boost if any. I knew someone with a fancy Quaddro card that cost around $1500 and it didn't seem any better than my GeForce which was under $300. My rule on these has always been, if you're not sure you need it you almost certainly don't.

[Anonymous]

thank you very much for the information.

[Anonymous]

Historically i would have agreed on the "gaming card is good enough", however more recent experience on reasonable size projects at work has raised the issue of screen corruption. Looking at GS material it appears the workstation class cards are built for accurate pixel display, whereas gaming cards are all about speed (refresh rates for games).
In a nutshell, for domestic scale projects, gaming cards are fine. For large commercial projects - consider the Quadros...!
(Actually while historically a mac man, I use PCs at work, and am seriously looking at the HP Z1 for next PC @ home - over an iMac - precisely because of the graphic cards options - the Z1 supports Quadro cards..).

[KeesW]

rtw
Please elaborate advantage of professional cards for large projects. If gaming cards have enough graphic ram, and your computer is powerful enough, I don't understand how benefits are created.

[Anonymous]

Sorry I don't have any technical knowledge of how these things work- it was just an observation of a pretty good gaming card vs an entry level quadro!
I think GS might be better placed to answer this one.

[Laszlo Nagy]

The official answer from Graphisoft:

http://www.archicadwiki.com/VideoCardsForArchiCAD15?action=show&redirect=Video+Cards#A.22Professiona...

It is probably worth reading the whole thing, not just this section.

[Arcadia]

My experience with gamer cards has put me off them completely. Even low end pro cards will be a much better option. Try getting a previous generation pro card on ebay - it can save a lot of money.